PHOTOS: Pols, drugs and alcohol

Rep. Trey Radel, a 37-year-old Florida Republican, made headlines on Tuesday with the news he was arrested for cocaine possession. The freshman representative released a statement Tuesday stating that he struggles “with the disease of alcoholism, and this led to an extremely irresponsible choice.” Here’s a rundown of other political figures who have faced problems with drugs or alcohol:

After an intervention in 1980, Ann Richards, then a county commissioner who later went on to become governor of Texas, entered treatment for alcoholism and she joined Alcoholics Anonymous. Richards called her years sober “one of the great, great stories of my life.”